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A000166 Subfactorial or rencontres numbers, or derangements: number of permutations of n elements with no fixed points.

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1, 0, 1, 2, 9, 44, 265, 1854, 14833, 133496, 1334961, 14684570, 176214841, 2290792932, 32071101049, 481066515734, 7697064251745, 130850092279664, 2355301661033953, 44750731559645106, 895014631192902121, 18795307255050944540, 413496759611120779881, 9510425471055777937262
Offset: 0

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N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

Comments

Euler (1809) not only gives the first ten or so terms of the sequence, he also proves both recurrences a(n) = (n-1)*(a(n-1) + a(n-2)) and a(n) = n*a(n-1) + (-1)^n.
a(n) is the permanent of the matrix with 0 on the diagonal and 1 elsewhere. - Yuval Dekel, Nov 01 2003
a(n) is the number of desarrangements of length n. A desarrangement of length n is a permutation p of {1,2,...,n} for which the smallest of all the ascents of p (taken to be n if there are no ascents) is even. Example: a(3) = 2 because we have 213 and 312 (smallest ascents at i = 2). See the J. Désarménien link and the Bona reference (p. 118). - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 28 2007
a(n) is the number of deco polyominoes of height n and having in the last column an even number of cells. A deco polyomino is a directed column-convex polyomino in which the height, measured along the diagonal, is attained only in the last column. - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 28 2007
Attributed to Nicholas Bernoulli in connection with a probability problem that he presented. See Problem #15, p. 494, in "History of Mathematics" by David M. Burton, 6th edition. - Mohammad K. Azarian, Feb 25 2008
a(n) is the number of permutations p of {1,2,...,n} with p(1)!=1 and having no right-to-left minima in consecutive positions. Example a(3) = 2 because we have 231 and 321. - Emeric Deutsch, Mar 12 2008
a(n) is the number of permutations p of {1,2,...,n} with p(n)! = n and having no left to right maxima in consecutive positions. Example a(3) = 2 because we have 312 and 321. - Emeric Deutsch, Mar 12 2008
Number of wedged (n-1)-spheres in the homotopy type of the Boolean complex of the complete graph K_n. - Bridget Tenner, Jun 04 2008
The only prime number in the sequence is 2. - Howard Berman (howard_berman(AT)hotmail.com), Nov 08 2008
From Emeric Deutsch, Apr 02 2009: (Start)
a(n) is the number of permutations of {1,2,...,n} having exactly one small ascent. A small ascent in a permutation (p_1,p_2,...,p_n) is a position i such that p_{i+1} - p_i = 1. (Example: a(3) = 2 because we have 312 and 231; see the Charalambides reference, pp. 176-180.) [See also David, Kendall and Barton, p. 263. - N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 11 2014]
a(n) is the number of permutations of {1,2,...,n} having exactly one small descent. A small descent in a permutation (p_1,p_2,...,p_n) is a position i such that p_i - p_{i+1} = 1. (Example: a(3)=2 because we have 132 and 213.) (End)
For n > 2, a(n) + a(n-1) = A000255(n-1); where A000255 = (1, 1, 3, 11, 53, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 16 2009
Connection to A002469 (game of mousetrap with n cards): A002469(n) = (n-2)*A000255(n-1) + A000166(n). (Cf. triangle A159610.) - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 17 2009
From Emeric Deutsch, Jul 18 2009: (Start)
a(n) is the sum of the values of the largest fixed points of all non-derangements of length n-1. Example: a(4)=9 because the non-derangements of length 3 are 123, 132, 213, and 321, having largest fixed points 3, 1, 3, and 2, respectively.
a(n) is the number of non-derangements of length n+1 for which the difference between the largest and smallest fixed point is 2. Example: a(3) = 2 because we have 1'43'2 and 32'14'; a(4) = 9 because we have 1'23'54, 1'43'52, 1'53'24, 52'34'1, 52'14'3, 32'54'1, 213'45', 243'15', and 413'25' (the extreme fixed points are marked).
(End)
a(n), n >= 1, is also the number of unordered necklaces with n beads, labeled differently from 1 to n, where each necklace has >= 2 beads. This produces the M2 multinomial formula involving partitions without part 1 given below. Because M2(p) counts the permutations with cycle structure given by partition p, this formula gives the number of permutations without fixed points (no 1-cycles), i.e., the derangements, hence the subfactorials with their recurrence relation and inputs. Each necklace with no beads is assumed to contribute a factor 1 in the counting, hence a(0)=1. This comment derives from a family of recurrences found by Malin Sjodahl for a combinatorial problem for certain quark and gluon diagrams (Feb 27 2010). - Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 01 2010
From Emeric Deutsch, Sep 06 2010: (Start)
a(n) is the number of permutations of {1,2,...,n, n+1} starting with 1 and having no successions. A succession in a permutation (p_1,p_2,...,p_n) is a position i such that p_{i+1} - p_i = 1. Example: a(3)=2 because we have 1324 and 1432.
a(n) is the number of permutations of {1,2,...,n} that do not start with 1 and have no successions. A succession in a permutation (p_1,p_2,...,p_n) is a position i such that p_{i+1} - p_i = 1. Example: a(3)=2 because we have 213 and 321.
(End)
Increasing colored 1-2 trees with choice of two colors for the rightmost branch of nonleave except on the leftmost path, there is no vertex of outdegree one on the leftmost path. - Wenjin Woan, May 23 2011
a(n) is the number of zeros in n-th row of the triangle in A170942, n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 29 2012
a(n) is the maximal number of totally mixed Nash equilibria in games of n players, each with 2 pure options. - Raimundas Vidunas, Jan 22 2014
Convolution of sequence A135799 with the sequence generated by 1+x^2/(2*x+1). - Thomas Baruchel, Jan 08 2016
The number of interior lattice points of the subpolytope of the n-dimensional permutohedron whose vertices correspond to permutations avoiding 132 and 312. - Robert Davis, Oct 05 2016
Consider n circles of different radii, where each circle is either put inside some bigger circle or contains a smaller circle inside it (no common points are allowed). Then a(n) gives the number of such combinations. - Anton Zakharov, Oct 12 2016
If we partition the permutations of [n+1] in A000240 according to their starting digit, we will get (n+1) equinumerous classes each of size a(n), i.e., A000240(n+1) = (n+1)*a(n), hence a(n) is the size of each class of permutations of [n+1] in A000240. For example, for n = 4 we have 45 = 5*9. - Enrique Navarrete, Jan 10 2017
Call d_n1 the permutations of [n] that have the substring n1 but no substring in {12,23,...,(n-1)n}. If we partition them according to their starting digit, we will get (n-1) equinumerous classes each of size A000166(n-2) (the class starting with the digit 1 is empty since we must have the substring n1). Hence d_n1 = (n-1)*A000166(n-2) and A000166(n-2) is the size of each nonempty class in d_n1. For example, d_71 = 6*44 = 264, so there are 264 permutations in d_71 distributed in 6 nonempty classes of size A000166(5) = 44. (To get permutations in d_n1 recursively from more basic ones see the link "Forbidden Patterns" below.) - Enrique Navarrete, Jan 15 2017
Also the number of maximum matchings and minimum edge covers in the n-crown graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jun 14 and Dec 24 2017
The sequence a(n) taken modulo a positive integer k is periodic with exact period dividing k when k is even and dividing 2*k when k is odd. This follows from the congruence a(n+k) = (-1)^k*a(n) (mod k) for all n and k, which in turn is easily proved by induction making use of the recurrence a(n) = n*a(n-1) + (-1)^n. - Peter Bala, Nov 21 2017
a(n) is the number of distinct possible solutions for a directed, no self loop containing graph (not necessarily connected) that has n vertices, and each vertex has an in- and out-degree of exactly 1. - Patrik Holopainen, Sep 18 2018
a(n) is the dimension of the kernel of the random-to-top and random-to-random shuffling operators over a collection of n objects (in a vector space of size n!), as noticed by M. Wachs and V. Reiner. See the Reiner, Saliola and Welker reference below. - Nadia Lafreniere, Jul 18 2019
a(n) is the number of distinct permutations for a Secret Santa gift exchange with n participants. - Patrik Holopainen, Dec 30 2019
a(2*n+1) is even. More generally, a(m*n+1) is divisible by m*n, which follows from a(n+1) = n*(a(n) + a(n-1)) = n*A000255(n-1) for n >= 1. a(2*n) is odd; in fact, a(2*n) == 1 (mod 8). Other divisibility properties include a(6*n) == 1 (mod 24), a(9*n+4) == a(9*n+7) == 0 (mod 9), a(10*n) == 1 (mod 40), a(11*n+5) == 0 (mod 11) and a(13*n+8 ) == 0 (mod 13). - Peter Bala, Apr 05 2022
Conjecture: a(n) with n > 2 is a perfect power only for n = 4 with a(4) = 3^2. This has been verified for n <= 1000. - Zhi-Wei Sun, Jan 09 2025

Examples

			a(2) = 1, a(3) = 2 and a(4) = 9 since the possibilities are {BA}, {BCA, CAB} and {BADC, BCDA, BDAC, CADB, CDAB, CDBA, DABC, DCAB, DCBA}. - _Henry Bottomley_, Jan 17 2001
The Boolean complex of the complete graph K_4 is homotopy equivalent to the wedge of 9 3-spheres.
Necklace problem for n = 6: partitions without part 1 and M2 numbers for n = 6: there are A002865(6) = 4 such partitions, namely (6), (2,4), (3^2) and (2^3) in A-St order with the M2 numbers 5!, 90, 40 and 15, respectively, adding up to 265 = a(6). This corresponds to 1 necklace with 6 beads, two necklaces with 2 and 4 beads respectively, two necklaces with 3 beads each and three necklaces with 2 beads each. - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Jun 01 2010
G.f. = 1 + x^2 + 9*x^3 + 44*x^4 + 265*x^5 + 1854*x^6 + 14833*x^7 + 133496*x^8 + ...

References

  • U. Abel, Some new identities for derangement numbers, Fib. Q., 56:4 (2018), 313-318.
  • M. Bona, Combinatorics of Permutations, Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, Florida, 2004.
  • Miklos Bona, editor, Handbook of Enumerative Combinatorics, CRC Press, 2015, page 32.
  • R. A. Brualdi and H. J. Ryser: Combinatorial Matrix Theory, 1992, Section 7.2, p. 202.
  • Ch. A. Charalambides, Enumerative Combinatorics, Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, Florida, 2002.
  • L. Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 182.
  • Florence Nightingale David and D. E. Barton, Combinatorial Chance. Hafner, NY, 1962, p. 168.
  • Florence Nightingale David, Maurice George Kendall, and D. E. Barton, Symmetric Function and Allied Tables, Cambridge, 1966, p. 263, Table 7.5.1, row 1.
  • P. R. de Montmort, On the Game of Thirteen (1713), reprinted in Annotated Readings in the History of Statistics, ed. H. A. David and A. W. F. Edwards, Springer-Verlag, 2001, pp. 25-29.
  • J. M. de Saint-Martin, "Le problème des rencontres" in Quadrature, No. 61, pp. 14-19, 2006, EDP-Sciences Les Ulis (France).
  • H. Doerrie, 100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics, Dover, NY, 1965, p. 19.
  • Leonhard Euler, Solution quaestionis curiosae ex doctrina combinationum, Mémoires Académie sciences St. Pétersburg 3 (1809/1810), 57-64; also E738 in his Collected Works, series I, volume 7, pages 435-440.
  • J. M. Gandhi, On logarithmic numbers, Math. Student, 31 (1963), 73-83.
  • A. Hald, A History of Probability and Statistics and Their Applications Before 1750, Wiley, NY, 1990 (Chapter 19).
  • Irving Kaplansky, John Riordan, The problème des ménages. Scripta Math. 12 (1946), 113-124. See Eq(1).
  • Arnold Kaufmann, "Introduction à la combinatorique en vue des applications." Dunod, Paris, 1968. See p. 92.
  • Florian Kerschbaum and Orestis Terzidis, Filtering for Private Collaborative Benchmarking, in Emerging Trends in Information and Communication Security, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3995/2006.
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  • P. A. MacMahon, Combinatory Analysis, 2 vols., Chelsea, NY, 1960, see p. 102.
  • M. S. Petković, "Non-attacking rooks", Famous Puzzles of Great Mathematicians, pp. 265-268, Amer. Math. Soc.(AMS), 2009.
  • V. Reiner, F. Saliola, and V. Welker. Spectra of Symmetrized Shuffling Operators, Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 228, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2014, pp. 1-121. See section VI.9.
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  • T. Simpson, Permutations with unique fixed and reflected points. Ars Combin. 39 (1995), 97-108.
  • N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
  • David Wells, The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers. Penguin Books, NY, 1986, Revised edition 1987. See p. 122.
  • D. B. West, Combinatorial Mathematics, Cambridge, 2021, p. 82.
  • H. S. Wilf, Generatingfunctionology, Academic Press, NY, 1990, p. 147, Eq. 5.2.9 (q=1).

Links

Crossrefs

Cf. A000142, A002467, A003221, A000522, A000240, A000387, A000449, A000475, A129135, A092582, A000255, A002469, A159610, A068985, A068996, A047865, A038205, A008279, A281682.
For the probabilities a(n)/n!, see A053557/A053556 and A103816/A053556.
A diagonal of A008291 and A068106. Column A008290(n,0).
A001120 has a similar recurrence.
For other derangement numbers see also A053871, A033030, A088991, A088992.
Pairwise sums of A002741 and A000757. Differences of A001277.
Cf. A101560, A101559, A000110, A101033, A101032, A000204, A100492, A099731, A000045, A094216, A094638, A000108.
A diagonal in triangles A008305 and A010027.
a(n)/n! = A053557/A053556 = (N(n, n) of A103361)/(D(n, n) of A103360).
Column k=0 of A086764 and of A334715. Column k=1 of A364068.
Row sums of A216963 and of A323671.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a000166 n = a000166_list !! n
a000166_list = 1 : 0 : zipWith (*) [1..]
                       (zipWith (+) a000166_list $ tail a000166_list)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 09 2012
  • Magma
    I:=[0,1]; [1] cat [n le 2 select I[n] else (n-1)*(Self(n-1)+Self(n-2)): n in [1..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jan 07 2016
  • Maple
    A000166 := proc(n) option remember; if n<=1 then 1-n else (n-1)*(procname(n-1)+procname(n-2)); fi; end;
a:=n->n!*sum((-1)^k/k!, k=0..n): seq(a(n), n=0..21); # Zerinvary Lajos, May 17 2007
ZL1:=[S,{S=Set(Cycle(Z,card>1))},labeled]: seq(count(ZL1,size=n),n=0..21); # Zerinvary Lajos, Sep 26 2007
with (combstruct):a:=proc(m) [ZL,{ZL=Set(Cycle(Z,card>=m))},labeled]; end: A000166:=a(2):seq(count(A000166,size=n),n=0..21); # Zerinvary Lajos, Oct 02 2007
Z := (x, m)->m!^2*sum(x^j/((m-j)!^2), j=0..m): R := (x, n, m)->Z(x, m)^n: f := (t, n, m)->sum(coeff(R(x, n, m), x, j)*(t-1)^j*(n*m-j)!, j=0..n*m): seq(f(0, n, 1), n=0..21); # Zerinvary Lajos, Jan 22 2008
a:=proc(n) if `mod`(n,2)=1 then sum(2*k*factorial(n)/factorial(2*k+1), k=1.. floor((1/2)*n)) else 1+sum(2*k*factorial(n)/factorial(2*k+1), k=1..floor((1/2)*n)-1) end if end proc: seq(a(n),n=0..20); # Emeric Deutsch, Feb 23 2008
G(x):=2*exp(-x)/(1-x): f[0]:=G(x): for n from 1 to 26 do f[n]:=diff(f[n-1],x) od: x:=0: seq(f[n]/2,n=0..21); # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 03 2009
seq(simplify(KummerU(-n, -n, -1)), n = 0..23); # Peter Luschny, May 10 2022
  • Mathematica
    a[0] = 1; a[n_] := n*a[n - 1] + (-1)^n; a /@ Range[0, 21] (* Robert G. Wilson v *)
a[0] = 1; a[1] = 0; a[n_] := Round[n!/E] /; n >= 1 (* Michael Taktikos, May 26 2006 *)
Range[0, 20]! CoefficientList[ Series[ Exp[ -x]/(1 - x), {x, 0, 20}], x]
dr[{n_,a1_,a2_}]:={n+1,a2,n(a1+a2)}; Transpose[NestList[dr,{0,0,1},30]][[3]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 23 2013 *)
a[n_] := (-1)^n HypergeometricPFQ[{- n, 1}, {}, 1]; (* Michael Somos, Jun 01 2013 *)
a[n_] := n! SeriesCoefficient[Exp[-x] /(1 - x), {x, 0, n}]; (* Michael Somos, Jun 01 2013 *)
Table[Subfactorial[n], {n, 0, 21}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 10 2014 *)
RecurrenceTable[{a[n] == n*a[n - 1] + (-1)^n, a[0] == 1}, a, {n, 0, 23}] (* Ray Chandler, Jul 30 2015 *)
Subfactorial[Range[0, 20]] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Dec 31 2017 *)
nxt[{n_,a_}]:={n+1,a(n+1)+(-1)^(n+1)}; NestList[nxt,{0,1},25][[All,2]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jun 01 2019 *)
  • Maxima
    s[0]:1$
s[n]:=n*s[n-1]+(-1)^n$
makelist(s[n],n,0,12); /* Emanuele Munarini, Mar 01 2011 */
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<1, 1, n * a(n-1) + (-1)^n)}; /* Michael Somos, Mar 24 2003 */
  • PARI
    {a(n) = n! * polcoeff( exp(-x + x * O(x^n)) / (1 - x), n)}; /* Michael Somos, Mar 24 2003 */
  • PARI
    {a(n)=polcoeff(sum(m=0,n,m^m*x^m/(1+(m+1)*x+x*O(x^n))^(m+1)),n)} /* Paul D. Hanna */
  • PARI
    A000166=n->n!*sum(k=0,n,(-1)^k/k!) \\ M. F. Hasler, Jan 26 2012
  • PARI
    a(n)=if(n,round(n!/exp(1)),1) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 17 2012
  • PARI
    apply( {A000166(n)=n!\/exp(n>0)}, [0..22]) \\ M. F. Hasler, Nov 09 2024
  • Python
    See Hobson link.
  • Python
    A000166_list, m, x = [], 1, 1
for n in range(10*2):
    x, m = x*n + m, -m
    A000166_list.append(x) # Chai Wah Wu, Nov 03 2014

Formula

(A000166 + A000522)/2 = A009179, (A000166 - A000522)/2 = A009628.
a(n) = A008290(n,0).
a(n) + A003048(n+1) = 2*n!. - D. G. Rogers, Aug 26 2006
a(n) = {(n-1)!/exp(1)}, n > 1, where {x} is the nearest integer function. - Simon Plouffe, March 1993 [This uses offset 1, see below for the version with offset 0. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Jan 25 2012]
a(0) = 1, a(n) = round(n!/e) = floor(n!/e + 1/2) for n > 0.
a(n) = n!*Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k/k!.
D-finite with recurrence a(n) = (n-1)*(a(n-1) + a(n-2)), n > 0.
a(n) = n*a(n-1) + (-1)^n.
E.g.f.: exp(-x)/(1-x).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n, k)*(-1)^(n-k)*k! = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^(n-k)*n!/(n-k)!. - Paul Barry, Aug 26 2004
The e.g.f. y(x) satisfies y' = x*y/(1-x).
Inverse binomial transform of A000142. - Ross La Haye, Sep 21 2004
In Maple notation, representation as n-th moment of a positive function on [-1, infinity]: a(n)= int( x^n*exp(-x-1), x=-1..infinity ), n=0, 1... . a(n) is the Hamburger moment of the function exp(-1-x)*Heaviside(x+1). - Karol A. Penson, Jan 21 2005
a(n) = A001120(n) - n!. - Philippe Deléham, Sep 04 2005
a(n) = Integral_{x=0..oo} (x-1)^n*exp(-x) dx. - Gerald McGarvey, Oct 14 2006
a(n) = Sum_{k=2,4,...} T(n,k), where T(n,k) = A092582(n,k) = k*n!/(k+1)! for 1 <= k < n and T(n,n)=1. - Emeric Deutsch, Feb 23 2008
a(n) = n!/e + (-1)^n*(1/(n+2 - 1/(n+3 - 2/(n+4 - 3/(n+5 - ...))))). Asymptotic result (Ramanujan): (-1)^n*(a(n) - n!/e) ~ 1/n - 2/n^2 + 5/n^3 - 15/n^4 + ..., where the sequence [1,2,5,15,...] is the sequence of Bell numbers A000110. - Peter Bala, Jul 14 2008
From William Vaughn (wvaughn(AT)cvs.rochester.edu), Apr 13 2009: (Start)
a(n) = Integral_{p=0..1} (log(1/(1-p)) - 1)^n dp.
Proof: Using the substitutions 1=log(e) and y = e(1-p) the above integral can be converted to ((-1)^n/e) Integral_{y=0..e} (log(y))^n dy.
From CRC Integral tables we find the antiderivative of (log(y))^n is (-1)^n n! Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k y(log(y))^k / k!.
Using the fact that e(log(e))^r = e for any r >= 0 and 0(log(0))^r = 0 for any r >= 0 the integral becomes n! * Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k / k!, which is line 9 of the Formula section. (End)
a(n) = exp(-1)*Gamma(n+1,-1) (incomplete Gamma function). - Mark van Hoeij, Nov 11 2009
G.f.: 1/(1-x^2/(1-2x-4x^2/(1-4x-9x^2/(1-6x-16x^2/(1-8x-25x^2/(1-... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Nov 27 2009
a(n) = Sum_{p in Pano1(n)} M2(p), n >= 1, with Pano1(n) the set of partitions without part 1, and the multinomial M2 numbers. See the characteristic array for partitions without part 1 given by A145573 in Abramowitz-Stegun (A-S) order, with A002865(n) the total number of such partitions. The M2 numbers are given for each partition in A-St order by the array A036039. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 01 2010
a(n) = row sum of A008306(n), n > 1. - Gary Detlefs, Jul 14 2010
a(n) = ((-1)^n)*(n-1)*hypergeom([-n+2, 2], [], 1), n>=1; 1 for n=0. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 16 2010
a(n) = (-1)^n * hypergeom([ -n, 1], [], 1), n>=1; 1 for n=0. From the binomial convolution due to the e.g.f. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 26 2010
Integral_{x=0..1} x^n*exp(x) = (-1)^n*(a(n)*e - n!).
O.g.f.: Sum_{n>=0} n^n*x^n/(1 + (n+1)*x)^(n+1). - Paul D. Hanna, Oct 06 2011
Abs((a(n) + a(n-1))*e - (A000142(n) + A000142(n-1))) < 2/n. - Seiichi Kirikami, Oct 17 2011
G.f.: hypergeom([1,1],[],x/(x+1))/(x+1). - Mark van Hoeij, Nov 07 2011
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 25 2011, Jul 05 2012, Sep 23 2012, Oct 13 2012, Mar 09 2013, Mar 10 2013, Oct 18 2013: (Start)
Continued fractions:
In general, e.g.f. (1+a*x)/exp(b*x) = U(0) with U(k) = 1 + a*x/(1-b/(b-a*(k+1)/U(k+1))). For a=-1, b=-1: exp(-x)/(1-x) = 1/U(0).
E.g.f.: (1-x/(U(0)+x))/(1-x), where U(k) = k+1 - x + (k+1)*x/U(k+1).
E.g.f.: 1/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 - x/(1 - 1/(1 - (k+1)/Q(k+1))).
G.f.: 1/U(0) where U(k) = 1 + x - x*(k+1)/(1 - x*(k+1)/U(k+1)).
G.f.: Q(0)/(1+x) where Q(k) = 1 + (2*k+1)*x/((1+x)-2*x*(1+x)*(k+1)/(2*x*(k+1)+(1+x)/ Q(k+1))).
G.f.: 1/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 - 2*k*x - x^2*(k + 1)^2/Q(k+1).
G.f.: T(0) where T(k) = 1 - x^2*(k+1)^2/(x^2*(k+1)^2-(1-2*x*k)*(1-2*x-2*x*k)/T(k+1)). (End)
0 = a(n)*(a(n+1) + a(n+2) - a(n+3)) + a(n+1)*(a(n+1) + 2*a(n+2) - a(n+3)) + a(n+2)*a(n+2) if n>=0. - Michael Somos, Jan 25 2014
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^(n-k)*binomial(n,k)*(k + x)^k*(k + x + 1)^(n-k) = Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^(n-k)*binomial(n,k)*(k + x)^(n-k)*(k + x - 1)^k, for arbitrary x. - Peter Bala, Feb 19 2017
From Peter Luschny, Jun 20 2017: (Start)
a(n) = Sum_{j=0..n} Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(-j-1, -n-1)*abs(Stirling1(j, k)).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^(n-k)*Pochhammer(n-k+1, k) (cf. A008279). (End)
a(n) = n! - Sum_{j=0..n-1} binomial(n,j) * a(j). - Alois P. Heinz, Jan 23 2019
Sum_{n>=2} 1/a(n) = A281682. - Amiram Eldar, Nov 09 2020
a(n) = KummerU(-n, -n, -1). - Peter Luschny, May 10 2022
a(n) = (-1)^n*Sum_{k=0..n} Bell(k)*Stirling1(n+1, k+1). - Mélika Tebni, Jul 05 2022

Extensions

Minor edits by M. F. Hasler, Jan 16 2017

A002865 Number of partitions of n that do not contain 1 as a part.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 7, 8, 12, 14, 21, 24, 34, 41, 55, 66, 88, 105, 137, 165, 210, 253, 320, 383, 478, 574, 708, 847, 1039, 1238, 1507, 1794, 2167, 2573, 3094, 3660, 4378, 5170, 6153, 7245, 8591, 10087, 11914, 13959, 16424, 19196, 22519, 26252, 30701
Offset: 0

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N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

Comments

Also the number of partitions of n-1, n >= 2, such that the least part occurs exactly once. See A096373, A097091, A097092, A097093. - Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 24 2004 [Corrected by Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 18 2009]
Number of partitions of n+1 where the number of parts is itself a part. Take a partition of n (with k parts) which does not contain 1, remove 1 from each part and add a new part of size k+1. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, May 01 2006
Number of partitions where the largest part occurs at least twice. - Joerg Arndt, Apr 17 2011
Row sums of triangle A147768. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 11 2008
From Lewis Mammel (l_mammel(AT)att.net), Oct 06 2009: (Start)
a(n) is the number of sets of n disjoint pairs of 2n things, called a pairing, disjoint with a given pairing (A053871), that are unique under permutations preserving the given pairing.
Can be seen immediately from a graphical representation which must decompose into even numbered cycles of 4 or more things, as connected by pairs alternating between the pairings. Each thing is in a single cycle, so this is a partition of 2n into even parts greater than 2, equivalent to a partition of n into parts greater than 1. (End)
Convolution product (1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, ...) * (1, 2, 3, ...) = A058682 starting (1, 3, 7, 13, 23, 37, ...); with row sums of triangle A171239 = A058682. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 05 2009
Also the number of 2-regular multigraphs with loops forbidden. - Jason Kimberley, Jan 05 2011
Number of appearances of the multiplicity n, n-1, ..., n-k in all partitions of n, for k < n/2. (Only populated by multiplicities of large numbers of 1's.) - William Keith, Nov 20 2011
Also the number of equivalence classes of n X n binary matrices with exactly 2 1's in each row and column, up to permutations of rows and columns (cf. A133687). - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 16 2013
The q-Catalan numbers ((1-q)/(1-q^(n+1)))[2n,n]q, where [2n,n]_q are the central q-binomial coefficients, match this sequence in their initial segment of length n. - _William J. Keith, Nov 14 2013
Starting at a(2) this sequence gives the number of vertices on a nim tree created in the game of edge removal for a path P_{n} where n is the number of vertices on the path. This is the number of nonisomorphic graphs that can result from the path when the game of edge removal is played. - Lyndsey Wong, Jul 09 2016
The number of different ways to climb a staircase taking at least two stairs at a time. - Mohammad K. Azarian, Nov 20 2016
Let 1,0,1,1,1,... (offset 0) count unlabeled, connected, loopless 1-regular digraphs. This here is the Euler transform of that sequence, counting unlabeled loopless 1-regular digraphs. A145574 is the associated multiset transformation. A000166 are the labeled loopless 1-regular digraphs. - R. J. Mathar, Mar 25 2019
For n > 1, also the number of partitions with no part greater than the number of ones. - George Beck, May 09 2019 [See A187219 which is the correct sequence for this interpretation for n >= 1. - Spencer Miller, Jan 30 2023]
From Gus Wiseman, May 19 2019: (Start)
Conjecture: Also the number of integer partitions of n - 1 that have a consecutive subsequence summing to each positive integer from 1 to n - 1. For example, (32211) is such a partition because we have consecutive subsequences:
1: (1)
2: (2)
3: (3) or (21)
4: (22) or (211)
5: (32) or (221)
6: (2211)
7: (322)
8: (3221)
9: (32211)
(End)
There is a sufficient and necessary condition to characterize the partitions defined by Gus Wiseman. It is that the largest part must be less than or equal to the number of ones plus one. Hence, the number of partitions of n with no part greater than the number of ones is the same as the number of partitions of n-1 that have a consecutive subsequence summing to each integer from 1 to n-1. Gus Wiseman's conjecture can be proved bijectively. - Andrew Yezhou Wang, Dec 14 2019
From Peter Bala, Dec 01 2024: (Start)
Let P(2, n) denote the set of partitions of n into parts k > 1. Then A000041(n) = - Sum_{parts k in all partitions in P(2, n+2)} mu(k). For example, with n = 5, there are 4 partitions of n + 2 = 7 into parts greater than 1, namely, 7, 5 + 2, 4 + 3, 3 + 2 + 2, and mu(7) + (mu(5) + mu(2)) + (mu(4 ) + mu(3)) + (mu(3) + mu(2) + mu(2)) = -7 = - A000041(5). (End)

Examples

			a(6) = 4 from 6 = 4+2 = 3+3 = 2+2+2.
G.f. = 1 + x^2 + x^3 + 2*x^4 + 2*x^5 + 4*x^6 + 4*x^7 + 7*x^8 + 8*x^9 + ...
From _Gus Wiseman_, May 19 2019: (Start)
The a(2) = 1 through a(9) = 8 partitions not containing 1 are the following. The Heinz numbers of these partitions are given by A005408.
  (2)  (3)  (4)   (5)   (6)    (7)    (8)     (9)
            (22)  (32)  (33)   (43)   (44)    (54)
                        (42)   (52)   (53)    (63)
                        (222)  (322)  (62)    (72)
                                      (332)   (333)
                                      (422)   (432)
                                      (2222)  (522)
                                              (3222)
The a(2) = 1 through a(9) = 8 partitions of n - 1 whose least part appears exactly once are the following. The Heinz numbers of these partitions are given by A247180.
  (1)  (2)  (3)   (4)   (5)    (6)    (7)     (8)
            (21)  (31)  (32)   (42)   (43)    (53)
                        (41)   (51)   (52)    (62)
                        (221)  (321)  (61)    (71)
                                      (331)   (332)
                                      (421)   (431)
                                      (2221)  (521)
                                              (3221)
The a(2) = 1 through a(9) = 8 partitions of n + 1 where the number of parts is itself a part are the following. The Heinz numbers of these partitions are given by A325761.
  (21)  (22)  (32)   (42)   (52)    (62)    (72)     (82)
              (311)  (321)  (322)   (332)   (333)    (433)
                            (331)   (431)   (432)    (532)
                            (4111)  (4211)  (531)    (631)
                                            (4221)   (4222)
                                            (4311)   (4321)
                                            (51111)  (4411)
                                                     (52111)
The a(2) = 1 through a(8) = 7 partitions of n whose greatest part appears at least twice are the following. The Heinz numbers of these partitions are given by A070003.
  (11)  (111)  (22)    (221)    (33)      (331)      (44)
               (1111)  (11111)  (222)     (2221)     (332)
                                (2211)    (22111)    (2222)
                                (111111)  (1111111)  (3311)
                                                     (22211)
                                                     (221111)
                                                     (11111111)
Nonisomorphic representatives of the a(2) = 1 through a(6) = 4 2-regular multigraphs with n edges and n vertices are the following.
  {12,12}  {12,13,23}  {12,12,34,34}  {12,12,34,35,45}  {12,12,34,34,56,56}
                       {12,13,24,34}  {12,13,24,35,45}  {12,12,34,35,46,56}
                                                        {12,13,23,45,46,56}
                                                        {12,13,24,35,46,56}
The a(2) = 1 through a(9) = 8 partitions of n with no part greater than the number of ones are the following. The Heinz numbers of these partitions are given by A325762.
  (11)  (111)  (211)   (2111)   (2211)    (22111)    (22211)     (33111)
               (1111)  (11111)  (3111)    (31111)    (32111)     (222111)
                                (21111)   (211111)   (41111)     (321111)
                                (111111)  (1111111)  (221111)    (411111)
                                                     (311111)    (2211111)
                                                     (2111111)   (3111111)
                                                     (11111111)  (21111111)
                                                                 (111111111)
(End)

References

  • M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 836.
  • L. Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 115, p*(n).
  • H. P. Robinson, Letter to N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 04 1974.
  • N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
  • P. G. Tait, Scientific Papers, Cambridge Univ. Press, Vol. 1, 1898, Vol. 2, 1900, see Vol. 1, p. 334.

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Crossrefs

First differences of partition numbers A000041. Cf. A053445, A072380, A081094, A081095, A232697.
Pairwise sums seem to be in A027336.
Essentially the same as A085811.
Cf. A025147, A147768, A058682, A171239.
A column of A090824 and of A133687 and of A292508 and of A292622. Cf. A229161.
2-regular not necessarily connected graphs: A008483 (simple graphs), A000041 (multigraphs with loops allowed), this sequence (multigraphs with loops forbidden), A027336 (graphs with loops allowed but no multiple edges). - Jason Kimberley, Jan 05 2011
See also A098743 (parts that do not divide n).
Numbers n such that in the edge-delete game on the path P_{n} the first player does not have a winning strategy: A274161. - Lyndsey Wong, Jul 09 2016
Cf. A002033, A070003, A103295, A247180, A325676, A325684, A325761, A325762, A325763.
Row sums of characteristic array A145573.
Number of partitions of n into parts >= m: A008483 (m = 3), A008484 (m = 4), A185325 - A185329 (m = 5 through 9).

Programs

  • GAP
    Concatenation([1],List([1..41],n->NrPartitions(n)-NrPartitions(n-1))); # Muniru A Asiru, Aug 20 2018
  • Magma
    A41 := func; [A41(n)-A41(n-1):n in [0..50]]; // Jason Kimberley, Jan 05 2011
  • Maple
    with(combstruct): ZL1:=[S, {S=Set(Cycle(Z,card>1))}, unlabeled]: seq(count(ZL1,size=n), n=0..50);  # Zerinvary Lajos, Sep 24 2007
G:= {P=Set (Set (Atom, card>1))}: combstruct[gfsolve](G, unlabeled, x): seq  (combstruct[count] ([P, G, unlabeled], size=i), i=0..50);  # Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 16 2007
with(combstruct):a:=proc(m) [ZL, {ZL=Set(Cycle(Z, card>=m))}, unlabeled]; end: A:=a(2):seq(count(A, size=n), n=0..50);  # Zerinvary Lajos, Jun 11 2008
# alternative Maple program:
A002865:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n=0, 1, add(
      (numtheory[sigma](j)-1)*A002865(n-j), j=1..n)/n)
    end:
seq(A002865(n), n=0..60);  # Alois P. Heinz, Sep 17 2017
  • Mathematica
    Table[ PartitionsP[n + 1] - PartitionsP[n], {n, -1, 50}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 24 2004 *)
f[1, 1] = 1; f[n_, k_] := f[n, k] = If[n < 0, 0, If[k > n, 0, If[k == n, 1, f[n, k + 1] + f[n - k, k]]]]; Table[ f[n, 2], {n, 50}] (* Robert G. Wilson v *)
Table[SeriesCoefficient[Exp[Sum[x^(2*k)/(k*(1 - x^k)), {k, 1, n}]], {x, 0, n}], {n, 0, 50}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 18 2018 *)
CoefficientList[Series[1/QPochhammer[x^2, x], {x,0,50}], x] (* G. C. Greubel, Nov 03 2019 *)
Table[Count[IntegerPartitions[n],?(FreeQ[#,1]&)],{n,0,50}] (* _Harvey P. Dale, Feb 12 2023 *)
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, polcoeff( (1 - x) / eta(x + x * O(x^n)), n))};
  • PARI
    a(n)=if(n,numbpart(n)-numbpart(n-1),1) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 26 2012
  • Python
    from sympy import npartitions
def A002865(n): return npartitions(n)-npartitions(n-1) if n else 1 # Chai Wah Wu, Mar 30 2023
  • SageMath
    def A002865_list(prec):
    P. = PowerSeriesRing(ZZ, prec)
    return P( 1/product((1-x^(m+2)) for m in (0..60)) ).list()
A002865_list(50) # G. C. Greubel, Nov 03 2019

Formula

G.f.: Product_{m>1} 1/(1-x^m).
a(0)=1, a(n) = p(n) - p(n-1), n >= 1, with the partition numbers p(n) := A000041(n).
a(n) = A085811(n+3). - James Sellers, Dec 06 2005 [Corrected by Gionata Neri, Jun 14 2015]
a(n) = A116449(n) + A116450(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 16 2006
a(n) = Sum_{k=2..floor((n+2)/2)} A008284(n-k+1,k-1) for n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 04 2007
G.f.: 1 + Sum_{n>=2} x^n / Product_{k>=n} (1 - x^k). - Joerg Arndt, Apr 13 2011
G.f.: Sum_{n>=0} x^(2*n) / Product_{k=1..n} (1 - x^k). - Joerg Arndt, Apr 17 2011
a(n) = A090824(n,1) for n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 10 2012
a(n) ~ Pi * exp(sqrt(2*n/3)*Pi) / (12*sqrt(2)*n^(3/2)) * (1 - (3*sqrt(3/2)/Pi + 13*Pi/(24*sqrt(6)))/sqrt(n) + (217*Pi^2/6912 + 9/(2*Pi^2) + 13/8)/n). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Feb 26 2015, extended Nov 04 2016
G.f.: exp(Sum_{k>=1} (sigma_1(k) - 1)*x^k/k). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Aug 21 2018
a(0) = 1, a(n) = A232697(n) - 1. - George Beck, May 09 2019
From Peter Bala, Feb 19 2021: (Start)
G.f.: A(q) = Sum_{n >= 0} q^(n^2)/( (1 - q)*Product_{k = 2..n} (1 - q^k)^2 ).
More generally, A(q) = Sum_{n >= 0} q^(n*(n+r))/( (1 - q) * Product_{k = 2..n} (1 - q^k)^2 * Product_{i = 1..r} (1 - q^(n+i)) ) for r = 0,1,2,.... (End)
G.f.: 1 + Sum_{n >= 1} x^(n+1)/Product_{k = 1..n-1} 1 - x^(k+2). - Peter Bala, Dec 01 2024

A145574 Array a(n,m) for number of partitions of n>=2 with m parts having no part 1. Hence m=1..floor(n/2).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1, 4, 4, 2, 1, 1, 4, 5, 3, 1, 1, 5, 7, 5, 2, 1, 1, 5, 8, 6, 3, 1, 1, 6, 10, 9, 5, 2, 1, 1, 6, 12, 11, 7, 3, 1, 1, 7, 14, 15, 10, 5, 2, 1, 1, 7, 16, 18, 13, 7, 3, 1, 1, 8, 19, 23, 18, 11, 5, 2, 1, 1, 8, 21, 27, 23, 14, 7, 3, 1, 1, 9, 24, 34, 30
Offset: 2

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Wolfdieter Lang and Malin Sjodahl, Mar 06 2009

Keywords

Comments

The row lengths sequence is floor(n/2) = [1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,...], see A008619(n-1), n>=2.
Obtained from the characteristic partition array A145573 by summing in row n>=2 over entries belonging to like parts number m.
The column sequences give A000012, A004526, A001399, A001400, A001401, A001402, A026813 for m=1..7.

Examples

			1;
1;
1, 1;
1, 1;
1, 2, 1;
1, 2, 1;
1, 3, 2, 1;
1, 3, 3, 1;
1, 4, 4, 2, 1;

Links

Crossrefs

Cf. A145573, A002865 (row sums).

Programs

  • Maple
    b:= proc(n, i, t) option remember; `if`(2*t>n or t*i b(n, n, m):
seq(seq(a(n, m), m=1..iquo(n, 2)), n=2..30); # Alois P. Heinz, Oct 18 2012
  • Mathematica
    nn=15; f[list_]:=Select[list,#>0&]; p=Product[1/(1-y x^i), {i, 2, nn}]; Drop[Map[f, CoefficientList[Series[p, {x, 0, nn}], {x, y}]], 1]//Grid  (* Geoffrey Critzer, Sep 23 2012 *)
  • Sage
    # Prints the table; cf. A011973.
for n in (2..20): [Partitions(n, length=m, min_part=2).cardinality() for m in (1..n//2)]  # Peter Luschny, Oct 18 2012

Formula

a(n,m) = sum over entries of A145573(n,k) array which belong to partitions with part number m, for m=1..floor(n/2)). Note that partitions with parts number m>floor(n/2) have always at least one part 1.
G.f.: Product_{i>=2} 1/(1- y*x^i). - Geoffrey Critzer, Sep 23 2012

A364318 Irregular table T read by rows: T(n,k) gives for permutations of [n] = {1, 2, ..., n}, n >= 1, the number of cycles corresponding to the k-th partition of n without part 1 (in Abramowitz-Stegun order).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 2, 6, 3, 24, 20, 120, 90, 40, 15, 720, 504, 420, 210, 5040, 3360, 2688, 1260, 1260, 1120, 105, 40320, 25920, 20160, 18144, 9072, 15120, 2240, 2520, 362880, 226800, 172800, 151200, 72576, 75600, 120960, 56700, 50400, 18900, 25200, 945
Offset: 1

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Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 14 2023

Keywords

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The length of row n is 1 for n = 1, and A002865(n), for n >= 2.
This table selects in row n the entries of the partition array (multinomial M2 numbers) corresponding to partitions without part 1.
The characteristic array for partitions of n without part 1 is given in A145573, and the complete M_2 multinomial table is found in A036039 (see the W. Lang link there for n = 1, 2, ..., 10).
In table A008306 the entries of the present table belonging to the same length of the cycles (that is, the same number of parts of the corresponding partition) are summed.
The row sums give the subfactorial (derangement) numbers A000166. (See the W. Lang comment from Jun 01 2010 there on the M_2 multinomial array for the partitions without part 1.)

Examples

			The table T begins:
n\k     1     2     3     4    5     6    7    8 ...  Row sums A000166
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1:      0                                                        0
2:      1                                                        1
3:      2                                                        2
4:      6     3                                                  9
5:     24    20                                                 44
6:    120    90    40    15                                    265
7:    720   504   420   210                                   1854
8:   5040  3360  2688  1260 1260  1120  105                  14833
9:  40320 25920 20160 18144 9072 15120 2240 2520            133496
...
n = 10: 362880 226800 172800 151200 72576 75600 120960 56700 50400 18900 25200 945, with sum 1334961.
n = 11: 3628800 2217600 1663200 1425600 1330560 712800 1108800 997920 443520 415800 166320 415800 123200 34650, with sum 14684570.
...
T(8, 6) corresponds to the partition (2,3^2) of n = 8, hence its M_2 multinomial number is 8!/((2^1*1!)*(3^2*2!)) = 1120.
With the number of cycle calculation T(8, 6) = #Cy(8;2,1)*#Cy(8-2;3,2) with #Cy(N;j,ej) = (j-1)!^ej*Product_{q=0..ej-1} binomial(N - q*j, j)/ej!, Hence #Cy(8;2,1) = 1!*binomial(8, 2)/1! = 28, and #Cy(6;3,2) = 2!^2*binomial(6, 3)*binomial(6-3, 3)/2! = 40, and T(8, 6) = 28*40 = 1120.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000166, A002865, A008306, A135573.
Column k = 1 is A000142(n-1) = (n-1)!.

Formula

T(n, k) is the table M_2 = A036039 without the entries corresponding to the partitions of n with at least one part 1 (the Abromowitz-Stegun order of partitions is used).
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